Kidney removal, medically known as a nephrectomy, is a major surgical procedure performed to treat kidney disease, cancer, or to enable a healthy individual to donate a kidney. While the operation can ...

Hall of Fame player Dwyane Wade said doctors performed a December 2023 surgery on his kidney to remove a tumor later determined to be cancerous. "Thank God that I did do the surgery," Wade said on his ...

Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade revealed in a podcast published this week that he had a cancerous tumor and large portion of his kidney surgically removed roughly a year ago. Speaking at a wellness ...

University of Iowa Health Care transplant surgeon Ramy El-Diwany recently performed the first robotic living donor ...

Dwayne Wade has hosted The Why With Dwyane Wade podcast for over a year following his tremendously successful NBA career, but the former Miami Heat star welcomed a live audience into the show for the ...

University of Iowa Health Care says a recent surgical milestone could expand access to life-saving kidney transplants across the state.Transplant surgeon Ramy E ...

An organ donor from Alaska persevered through the recent blizzard to reach Boston in time for a life-saving transplant at Tufts Medical Center.